Elizabeth A. Wood, MFT
Certified Psychoanalytic Psychotherapist
ABOUT
Elizabeth A. Wood, MFT
Certified Psychoanalytic Psychotherapist
Licensed Marriage & Family Therapist #126337
Registered Expressive Arts Therapist #2019
Ph.D. Student
Graduate, Palo Alto Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy Program at Stanford, a branch of the San Francisco Center for Psychoanalysis
Member, San Francisco Center for Psychoanalysis
Thank you for visiting my website. I have a private psychoanalytic psychotherapy practice in California. I'm also currently a PhD Student at the California Institute of Integral Studies researching the efficacy of psychoanalytic and ecopsychological treatment for depression and suicidality in young adults.
I was selected to train with the Palo Alto Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy Training Program (PAPPTP) Two-Year Program at the Stanford University Psychiatry Building. As part of this certificate program, I underwent over two years of weekly consultations with psychoanalysts, Drs. Schneider and Birkhofer, and Ann Martini, LCSW. I completed the Two-Year Certificate Program training as well as their PAPPTP- Fellowship Year.
I have additional training in Ecopsychology, Art Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Open Dialogue, suicide risk evaluation for children and adults, and the treatment of disordered eating.
Before opening my private practice, I worked as a Senior Therapist with the Community Hospital of the Monterey Peninsula (CHOMP) and for UCSF Benioff Children's Hospitals in their Emergency Department. I spent several years working in a crisis stabilization unit and psychiatric hospital in Santa Cruz while completing my hours for licensure. After I earned my master's in psychology from the California Institute of Integral Studies, I moved to Oahu to work as an art therapist for children with the Hawaii Department of Education.
Outside of my practice and ongoing analytic training I often surf, hike, ski, ride horses, make art, and spend time in nature and conversation with my family and friends. I played two NCAA Division I sports in college, grew up on a horse farm, and come from a lineage of healthcare providers, land conservationists, farmers, athletes, and artists.
